Letters: America has drifted too far

Welcome to America which has drifted away from her Judeo-Christian moorings and now inhabits an opposite world devoid of moral absolutes where right is now wrong and wrong has become right.

Welcome to America where her president excoriates the rich but flies all over the country on the middle-class dime to attend $35,000-per-plate campaign fundraising events.

Welcome to America where the financially successful top 10 percent pay over 70 percent of all income taxes while our president, with the approval of people who don't pay any income taxes at all, condemns them for not paying their "fair share."

Welcome to America where true patriots who advocate balancing the budget, living within our means so as not to enslave future generations with insurmountable debt, and obeying the U.S. Constitution are labeled "extremists."

We have strayed far from the foundational principles bequeathed by our Founding Fathers in our Constitution whose chief architect, James Madison, cautioned us, "Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."

Welcome to that "distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government." Welcome to America!

– John Heckel

Pensacola

Do nothings

In regard to "Miller's voice gaining clout" front-page article on May 26: U.S.Rep. Jeff Miller is making political hay for himself. That is part of the political play book used often by impotent politicians.

If Jeff Miller is half the man he thinks he is, he would solve the problems from behind the scenes and make all veterans and taxpayers the winner in this saga. No, he has to continue to brag that he knew it all a long, he didn't fix anything but can complain happily about some sort of failure. One has to wonder what kind of idiot really thinks a person would risk losing their career for a lousy $9,000? The VA leadership makes well into $160,000.

Miller makes well over $120,000 and what has his Republican House done? Nothing.

Talk about "do nothings"; he is the frying pan calling the kettle hot. Shame on you Jeff Miller, shame on you.